|| *Comments on Lucas Oil Raceway:* View the most recent comment <#48> | Post a comment <#post> 1. Cooper posted: 03.14.2010 - 4:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis, known as Indianapolis Raceway Park until the 2006 purchase of naming rights by O'Reilly Auto Parts, is a multipurpose racing facility located in Clermont, Indiana. It is not to be confused with Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS), which is often referred to as a superspeedway, although its construction vastly predates the use of that term. Surprisingly to some, the vast majority of motorsports events held in Indianapolis are held at Raceway Park, including a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, a NASCAR Nationwide Series event, a midget car racing event, drag racing and road racing. 2. JoeytheHDK posted: 02.02.2011 - 10:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Might be the single best short track in the entire country. It is one of those few tracks where it is literally impossible to have a bad race at. 3. Eric posted: 07.05.2011 - 10:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This race track will be hosting Nationwide series races for a while after this year. Source: http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/news/story?id=6738893 4. DaleSrFanForever posted: 07.06.2011 - 9:54 pm Rate this comment: (7) (0) RIP old friend. Like Wilkesboro, Rockingham, the Nashville Fairgrounds and almost Darlington before you, you have been pushed aside for a few extra bucks. This is how we repay you for years of outstanding racing. 5. Anonymous posted: 07.07.2011 - 3:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) RIP IRP. I think if NASCAR had its way, short tracks would go the way of the dinosaur and dodo bird. 6. chris posted: 07.09.2011 - 10:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) A real shame they are removing this great track from the schedule. It would will probable be replaced by one of the cookie cutter 1.5 mile jobs. Nascar is getting rid of all the great short tracks and replacing them with boring superspeedways. Shame on you nascar for what you have done, give us back are shorttrack busch and track races. 7. RACE34 posted: 07.28.2011 - 3:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (10) Boo hoo NASCAR is moving the Nationwide Series from IRP to the Brickyard why don't all you people just by towels to cry in IMS deserves it more but I guess whiners don't think so oh well! 8. 00andJoe posted: 07.30.2011 - 3:42 am Rate this comment: (8) (0) If you think IMS deserves it more, you clearly haven't watched racing at either track. 9. RACE34 posted: 07.30.2011 - 10:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (8) Yeah whatever 00andJoe you know it all anyway or at least you think you do! 10. DaleSrFanForever posted: 07.30.2011 - 7:14 pm Rate this comment: (6) (0) IMS can hardly get half attendance for Cup races. It doesn't deserve anything. IMS has been putting us to sleep for years. 11. RACE34 posted: 07.30.2011 - 7:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (6) I'm really tired of hearing people complain I wish you people would stop! 12. Anonymous posted: 07.31.2011 - 12:10 am Rate this comment: (6) (0) RACE34, You picked the wrong words by saying IMS deserves the Nationwide series. It is really a desperation attempt by Nascar and IMS to keep the Brickyard 400 on the cup schedule. IMS only has the Nationwide series race next year because the Brickyard 400 race is really declining in attendance extremely fast. IMS is only having the Nationwide Series and the Grand-Am Rolex Series race there during the Brickyard 400 weekend as a way try to stop the declining attendance for the Brickyard 400. You talking about a race track that went from 240,000 fans attending the Brickyard 400 in 2008 to maybe 100,000 fans this year. That declining attendance is caused by the mess Goodyear Tires and Nascar caused in 2008 besides a race track that has very bad reputation for bad stock car races. 13. RACE34 posted: 07.31.2011 - 1:47 am Rate this comment: (1) (3) I am so sorry I am expressing my opinion we all have our own opinions okay I also like IRP I think it's stupid the Nationwide series is leaving I don't get why they can't go to both IRP and IMS on seperate weekends I am not a short track hater! 14. Steve posted: 01.14.2012 - 10:21 pm Rate this comment: (4) (1) Most of the Busch Series and Grand-Amatuer Series drivers don't deserve to race at Indianapolis. What's next? ARCA at Indy? I don't see any success coming for the "Super Weekend" at the Brickyard. I think the Kroger 200 was the longest continual sponsorship of an auto race in America (since 1982) until this bogus idea. I don't care what company buys the naming rights to this track; it was, is, and always will be Indianapolis Raceway Park: IRP. Naming a track after a city or a state (California Speedway) tells a person WHERE the track is; when I saw "Lucas Oil Raceway" on the ARCA schedule for 2011, I didn't know what track that was. 15. We need more Onion posted: 02.11.2013 - 12:44 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) A year have passed without major NASCAR racing at IRP. That's sad, I loved to watch those races... 16. RCRandPenskeGuy posted: 06.15.2013 - 9:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Not only should the Nationwide Series still race at this track, Cup should at least have a date here too. This was a track that produced great racing. 17. RACIN GARDNER posted: 07.26.2013 - 7:03 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) I TELL YA WHAT THIS IS A TRACK THAT WENT FROM HERO TO HOBO IN A MINUTE AND THATS FOR SURE 18. Canadianfan posted: 07.24.2015 - 9:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just watching the ARCA race right now and it's clear to me that the speedway now has safer barriers in the corners and there's no reason Xfinity or the trucks Can't return all you have to do is put some tire packs On the inside and you'll be good to go I see no reason Racing can't be returned to this wonderful track. But of course NASCAR's not going to do that They're happy with the way things are Of course they want the Xfinity Race on the big track It looks better Looks more prestigious It's a shame though. 19. BMan0213 posted: 07.24.2015 - 10:46 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) $$$$$$$ That's the reason NASCAR won't go back there. They've made it very clear the Xfinity cars are gonna stay at the Brickyard. The Trucks could have stayed there when the Xfinity series made the move, but if i remember correctly the owners of LOR said they didn't think they would be able to profit from just a Truck race at the track. 20. Mike posted: 07.25.2015 - 1:25 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @19: The other (main) reason was that the NHRA, who owns the track, wasn't willing to pay to upgrade the track to where NASCAR wanted it. If you watched the ARCA race, you probably noticed that (for example) there are no SAFER barriers anywhere at the track, which is one of the upgrades NASCAR demanded from them. 21. Canadianfan posted: 07.25.2015 - 1:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Actually Mike the track does have SAFER barriers now at least in the corners so I could see it during the ARCA race. But as be man said money is a big factor too IMS has it IRP doesn't. 22. Dave #38 Fan-Go Gilliland! posted: 07.25.2015 - 1:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I was at the track last night for the ARCA race and the track does indeed have SAFER barriers in place now. No reason that the NXS and Trucks can't race the Friday and Saturday before the Indy 500 and then still have the "superweekend" or whatever at the brickyard for the 400 weekend. That way everybody wins. 23. Mike posted: 07.25.2015 - 1:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yes, it does. I don't know why I thought they looked like concrete walls on the broadcast. Might have been the fact that it was 2:00 in the morning. I can guess that at the very least, NASCAR wanted a higher seating capacity as well ... money aside, looking at satellite imagery, I don't think IRP has room for any more seating areas. They've got seats along the frontstretch already. The hauler lot is pretty much right up against the track outside of turns 1 & 2. The outside wall on the backstretch is only about 40 or 50 feet from the property line, and the road course already covers that. The road course follows the outside of the track for a good part of turn 3. Putting grandstands in turn 4 would require moving several small buildings and a couple of access roads, at the very least. 24. 88&4Fan posted: 08.18.2015 - 7:40 am Rate this comment: (5) (0) Track length: 6.86.6.86 miles 25. Big Mac Fan posted: 10.28.2015 - 12:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Canning this date for IMS effectively was the beginning of the end for the Xfinity Series. Trucks and Busch felt like their own series traveling to several unique short tracks across the country. Unfortunately, this once great series is now a Cup practice session. 26. MAR posted: 01.18.2016 - 12:48 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Words can't describe how much i miss this racetrack. NASCAR screwed this place over. 27. markjeff531 posted: 04.24.2016 - 12:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Home of Jason Leffler's last NASCAR win 28. Anonymous posted: 06.21.2016 - 1:12 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @26 - ARCA, USF2000 and the Pro Mazda championship still race here. 29. Anonymous posted: 09.17.2016 - 8:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) USF2000 and Pro Mazda have moved to Iowa/Gateway respectively for 2017. 30. 02Justin10 posted: 07.09.2017 - 8:33 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Currently watching RedBull Global Rallycross at this venue (on NBCSN) Still absolutely sucks to know that NASCAR abandoned this track to send the Xfinity to the big rectangle across town. But I guess as Elliott Sadler said 6 years ago - this is a great thing because drivers get to race at the historic track, the Xfinity teams would make more money, the sponsors get more exposure, and IMS would get more TV money. 31. Gabriel posted: 05.02.2018 - 7:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) NASCAR abandoning tracks like this is killing them. Now that NASCAR has a monopoly of Stock Car Racing with acquisition of ARCA, ARCA will have this track off the schedule in 2020... 32. Mr. Checkered posted: 08.08.2018 - 7:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The best thing to do in the long term interest of NASCAR is to take the sport away from the Brickyard and take them to IRP. As a DIEHARD NASCAR FAN and born and raised Midwesterner, I love Indianapolis Motor Speedway to death, but I love it for the Indy 500, not stock cars. Stock cars just aren't compatible with the track and aren't capable of a competitive race. 33. Corey posted: 08.08.2018 - 10:16 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @32 Why can't you do both? The Brickyard in September and IRP in either April or June? 34. JSPorts posted: 08.08.2018 - 10:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'd like to see the Indianapolis area host 3 NASCAR weekends throughout the year. One would be a Cup-only weekend, where the Cup cars would run a triple header with LOR on Friday night, the road course on Saturday and the big oval on Sunday. There would be an Xfinity weekend, with LOR Friday night and the big oval on Saturday. Then there would be a truck weekend with just LOR. I'd split all 3 weekends apart to avoid Cup drivers dipping into the lower-series races. 35. Mr. Checkered posted: 08.09.2018 - 12:54 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @33 That's true. You could do both. Like I said, I love IMS. So if NASCAR can make it work, I would love for the cup cars to continue racing at the Brickyard and race at IRP. Even if the racing isn't great, it's still cool to see the greatest stock car drivers in the world race on such an extremely prestigious track. 36. 1995 Subaru WRX STi posted: 08.30.2018 - 9:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The track is starting a renovation project and is eying a NASCAR return. Saw the track during a ARCA race last year and it looks like a dump. Personally would like too see the track come back at least for Trucks. Future depends on NASCARs possible sale and other factors. 37. 1995 Subaru WRX STi posted: 08.30.2018 - 9:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ^ Future dates for others series that is. 38. NewJack posted: 08.31.2018 - 4:40 am Rate this comment: (3) (0) They are doing a 3 part renovation. Part 1 is for the Dragstrip, Part 2 is for the oval, and part 3 is for the road course. The order makes sense since the biggest event they host currently is the NHRA US Nationals. They stated that their goal is to be ready for 2021, when the track contracts in Cup and xfinity expire. Hoping it works out for them, it was a fun track, and always had surprise high qualifers/finishers. 39. Mr. Checkered posted: 09.03.2018 - 5:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 2018 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series NHRA U.S. Nationals winners. Top Fuel: Terry McMillen Funny Car: J.R. Todd Pro Stock: Tanner Gray Pro Stock Motorcycle: L.E. Tonglet 40. Yeet #PrayForWickens posted: 09.07.2018 - 9:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The ARCA Race tonight here has been postponed until October 6th. 41. ThommyinFL posted: 07.17.2019 - 3:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) main page still has O'Reilly it should be changed to Lucas Oil ASAP 42. Canadianfan posted: 01.15.2020 - 1:52 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) This is why we never went back to LOR (IRP). Last Xfinity race at LOR, 2011, purse: $675,700 - 34/34 among all races First Xfinity race at the Brickyard, 2012, purse: $1,153,076 - 3/33 among all races Plus the NHRA which owns the track is slow to make changes. Other than Bristol and for Bristol they simply don't have the space, it is the only other oval that doesn't have garages. 43. Canadianfan posted: 06.12.2020 - 6:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From ARCA Menards Series: #ARCAMenards Series Confirms July 3 Race At Lucas Oil Raceway With Fans (50% capacity). 44. DI9_ForLife posted: 11.18.2020 - 10:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rumored to return to the Truck Series schedule next year. 45. SirRelkinstein posted: 11.18.2020 - 12:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @44 And it's likely going to replace the Eldora race. 46. Canadianfan posted: 11.19.2020 - 6:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From reddit. An employee at the track. ?I'm an employee at the track and NASCAR was always mentioned as a goal for 2022 or 2023. Things could have changed but from what I understood the track needed some major upgrades first.? ?The plan was always to start renovations on the drag strip in 2019 and not start on the oval until 2020. The pandemic pushed a lot of that stuff back because of less money coming in. This year the oval has a lot more going on with 3 USAC events plus the CRA in the fall and I'm assuming the ARCA race to be announced. Ticket sales and fan interest with the much bigger marketing push this year will be a pretty good gauge on the future of the track. The renovation efforts are planned out very long-term and there are even plans to restore the road course down the line (2024 or 2025). Like I said though the pandemic really put a wrench into the tracks revenue and did even more damage to the NHRA which owns the facility.? 47. Canadianfan posted: 12.09.2020 - 5:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Speedway Digest: As part of the 2021 @SRXracing, drivers will compete at Lucas Oil Raceway. The track joins @EldoraSpeedway as the two announced so far. 48. Canadianfan posted: 02.05.2021 - 8:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) According to Sheldon Creed on Kelly Crandall's podcast. If Mosport can't happen LOR is the replacement race. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. 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